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Biology 1005 Exam 1
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which system includes skin, nails, hair, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands? | Integumentary System |
| What are the major functions of the Integumentary System? | Protects tissues, regulates body temperature, and supports sensory receptors |
| What system includes bones, ligaments. and cartilages? | Skeletal System |
| What are the major functions of the skeletal system? | provides framework, protects soft tissues, provides attachments for muscles, produces blood cells, stores inorganic salts. |
| What system includes the muscles? | Muscular System |
| What are the major functions of the muscular system? | causes movements, maintains posture, and produces body heat. |
| What system includes the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and sense organs? | Nervous system |
| What are the major functions of the Nervous system? | Detect changes, recieve + interpret sensory info, and stimulates muscles and glands |
| What system includes glands that secrete hormones (pituitary gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, adrenal glands, pancreas, ovaries, testes, pineal gland, and thymus)? | Endocrine System |
| What are the major functions of the endocrine system? | Control metabolic activties of body structures |
| What system includes heart, arteries, capillaries and veins? | Cardiovascular System |
| What are the major functions of the cardiovascular system? | Move blood through blood vessels and transport substances throughout the body |
| What system includes lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, thymus and spleen? | Lymphatic System |
| What are the major functions of the Lymphatic system? | Return tissue fluid to the blood, carry certain absorbed food molecules, and defend the body against infection. |
| What system includes the mouth, tongue, teeth, salivary glands, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, small + large intestine? | Digestive System |
| What are the major functions of the digestive system? | Receive, breakdown, and absorb food, and eliminate unabsorbed material. |
| What system includes the nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs? | Respiratory System |
| What are the major functions of the Respiratory System? | Intake + output of air, and exchange gases b/w air and blood. |
| What system includes kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra? | Urinary system |
| What are the main functions of the urinary system? | Remove wastes from blood, maintain water + electrolyte balance, and store + eliminate waste. |
| What system includes the male scrotum,testes, epididymides, ductus, deferemtia, seminal, vesciles, prostate gland, bulbourethral glands, urthera, penis and Female ovaries, uterine tubes, uterus, vagina, clititous, and vulva? | Reproductive System |
| What are the major functions of the reproductive system? | produce +maintain sperm cells, transfer sperm cells into female reproductive tract, produce + maintain egg cells, recieve sperm cells, support development of an embryo, function in birth process |
| What are some life span changes? | Hair loses pigment, skin wrinkles, skin stiffens, organs shrink, metabolic rate decreases. |